Tuxonice + Fedora = Hangs on Atomic Retore
December 27, 2007
After using Tuxonice (formerly swsuspend2) with Fedora for a couple years, a recent routine “yum update” caused it to stop working. It suspends to disc fine, but gets stuck on atomic restore. I was not about to wade the various kernel modules trying to figure out which one is the culprit (I’m not sure how to do that, and am afraid I might break something in the process).
I tried the suspend-to-disc that came with the distro, but it is just not stable enough (I even tried out the quirks). I looked all over the internet trying to find an answer (no one seems to be having the same problem). Finally, on this page, I found the answer: stop and restart Network Manger.
Edit /etc/hibernate/common.conf and add the line:
RestartServices NetworkManager NetworkManagerDispatcher
I’m surprise that this is not a more common problem for people. Hope this helps and saves you some trouble.
See Matthias Hensler’s website get software suspend on your machine. See my previous post on my experience in getting Fedora 7 to work on a Dell Inspiron 700m.
December 29, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Maybe it is because most people don’t use hibernate or even suspend to disk/memory.
December 29, 2007 at 9:58 pm
That’s probably true for most desktop/server users. However, for laptops, a reliable suspend is essential. Especially when you on the go, and your battery draining away…
BTW, hip2b2, you can combine StartService and StopSsrvice into RestartService. Thanks for the tip in the first place.
June 13, 2008 at 9:45 am
I’m not sure if this solved my problem since it was aleatory, but my tuxonice hanged the same way, at the same point. but i tried it and it worked for now. best rewards! u saved me lot of time.